James Moore III
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James Moore III (1740 - 1786)

Captain James Moore III
Born in Rockbridge County, Colony of Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married [date unknown] in Rockbridge County, Virginiamap
Husband of — married 3 Dec 1760 in Southampton County, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 46 in Abbs Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Captain James Moore III served with Washington County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Son of James Moore (1711 - 1791) and Jane (Walker) Moore (1712 - 1793). He married Martha Poage (1742 - 1786), and they had 9 children together.

Children:

  1. James Moore, II (1770 - 1851)
  2. Alexander Moore (? - 1786)
  3. Rebecca Moore (? - 1786)
  4. Jane Moore (? - 1786)
  5. William {Wilham} Moore (1773 - 1786)
  6. Mary " Polly" (Moore) Brown (1776 - 1824)
  7. Joseph Moore (? - ? )
  8. John Moore (? - 1786)
  9. Margaret Moore (1785 - 1786)

James Moore III. [1][2]

Born: 1740, Rockbridge County, Colony of Virginia[3]or Augusta County, Colony of Virginia, or 1736, Augusta County, Colony of Virginia, or 1736, Tazewell, Colony of Virginia. [4] Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 1740

Died: 14 JUL 1786, Abbs Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States[5]

Buried: Moore Cemetery, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States [6]

Residences: 1779, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States[7]

According to the book called, MEMOIR OF Rev. Samuel B. McPHEETERS, D. D.

James Moore, the sixth child of my grandfather, married Martha Poague and had nine children. He removed some time after marriage from Rockbridge county to a remote fertile valley among the mountains in the Southwestern part of Virginia. After the family had resided for some time in their frontier situation they were broken up and nearly all destroyed by a party of Indians. James Moore, the oldest child of the family, was first taken prisoner by two Indians. He had been sent to a field some distance from the house for a horse. As he went along he was seized with an unaccountable panic; the impression on his mind was that he would be torn to pieces by a wild beast. He was on the point of returning to the house, but fearing lest he should be reproached for cowardice he proceeded onward toward the field. He had not proceeded far before two Indians stepped out from behind a tree and laid hold on him. On looking up and finding himself in the hands of human beings and not in the paws of savage beasts, he, for the moment, was somewhat comforted. The Indians took him to the field and by his assistance endeavored to catch one or more of the horses ; but in this they were unsuccessful. The horses would allow the boy to approach them, but when-
Page: 15 of the MEMOIR OF Rev. Samuel B. McPHEETERS, D. D.
-he put forth his hand to take hold of a horse one of the Indians would immediately take hold of him. By this the horse being affrighted, instantly made his escape. After repeated and unsuccessful efforts to get possession of the horses the Indians commenced their long journey, and conducted their little prisoner through a mountainous and pathless desert far North to the place of their residence. He immediately fell into the hands of a French family residing in the Indian country. In this family he lived for several years, and, if I am not mistaken, was kindly treated. About two years and a half after the capture of James Moore, the two Indians who took him prisoner formed, as it is supposed, a company and conducted them to the house of his unprotected and unsuspecting father. On a certain day, early in the morning, the Indians were seen rushing down an adjacent hill in a furious manner and approaching the house. James Moore, the father of the family, not being in the house at the moment, was shot and killed some two or three hundred yards from the house. The three following children, Rebecca, Alexander and Wilham, were shot down near the house. The house was then plundered and burned down. John, Jane, Mary and Margaret, with their mother, were taken prisoners. A Miss Evans, who was at the time residing in the family, was also taken prisoner. John, on the first day of the march, a few miles from the house, was, on some account, killed with a tomahawk, After traveling some distance farther the Indians finding Margaret somewhat trouble some, she being only about fifteen months old, killed her by dashing her against a tree. After a tedious and tiresome march of about forty days, the Indians, with their four remaining prisoners, reached their towns, somewhere in the Northern part of Indiana or Ohio, or perhaps in ]\Iichigan, near Detroit. After their arrival Jane and her mother were given up to a disaftetted-
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-Indian and cruelly put to death. This, it is supposed, was done by the Indian in the way of revenge for some injury received by him from the white people. Joseph, one of the children of this family, was in Rockbridge, going to school, at the time when his brothers and sisters were murdered by the Indians, and, of course, did not fall into their hands. As to James Moore and his sister Mary and Miss Evans, they were providentially located, it seems, at no great distance from each other among the Indians. The brother of Miss Evans, some years after, with the view and hope of recovering his sister, went in search of her, and on finding her he succeeded, by purchase or otherwise, in obtaining not only her liberty, but also the liberty of James Moore and Mary Moore his sister. After a long and fatiguing journey Mr. Evans, with his rescued captives, arrived at my father's house sometime about the year 1790. My aged grandfather and grandmother, being at the house at the time, were overjoyed and almost overcome at the unexpected return of their long lost grandchildren. Being a small boy at the time, and at school that day, on reaching home I found the family, as I distinctly recollect, in a state of great excitement. The dead was alive — the lost was found. In process of time Mary Moore, the Indian captive, married the Rev. Samuel Brown, a distinguished Presbyterian minister, the pastor of New Providence Church, Rockbridge county. She was the mother of a numerous family; and being a woman of importunate prayer and devoted piety, it pleased God to give her five sons, who, after receiving a liberal education, became preachers of the Gospel. One of her daughters married the Rev. James Morrison, who succeeded his father-in-law as pastor of New Providence.

From Find a Grave Memorial

In 1771 he lived in a cave in present Tazewell County, Virginia. In 1772 he moved his family to cabin he built three miles from the Davidson Garrison. He was appointed Lt. then Capt of Militia by Washington Co. and until 1783 was Commandant of Davidson's Fort on Cove Creek/Bluestone River. His son James was captured in July 1784 and later escaped after deaths of his family). The Moore family including John Simpson were killed by 47 Indians. His children, William and Alexander, were killed near their father. Baby Margaret and young John were killed the lst day of captivity. His wife Martha and daughter Jane were captured and burned at the stake in Ohio. Children James and Mary "Polly" Moore along with Martha Evans were captured and held captive in Canada for 5 yrs. Later to be rescued. A modern source says son Joseph survived as he was at his other grand parents during the attack on his family.)

Sources

  1. Source: #S21
  2. #S468, #S420, #S468 Volume: 239, #S478, #S266, #S468 Volume: 113
  3. #S468, #S420, #S468 Volume: 239
  4. #S468, Volume: 113 File
  5. #S468, #S468, Volume: 239, #S266, #S468 Volume: 113
  6. #S266
  7. #S478
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16925967/james-moore: accessed 10 December 2022), memorial page for Capt James Moore (1748–14 Jul 1786), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16925967, citing Moore Cemetery, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Kaaren Crail Vining (contributor 11705756).
  • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.
  • Wikipedia article on Captain James Moore Homestead, accessed Nov 5, 2017
  • Source: S21 Ancestry.com U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1
  • Repository: R1 Ancestry.com
  • Source: S266 Ancestry.com Web: Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1607-2012 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1
  • Source: S420 Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999; Repository: #R1
  • Source: S468 Ancestry.com U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R1
  • Source: S478 Ancestry.com Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999; Repository: #R1
  • Memoir of Rev. Samuel B. McPheeters, D.D. by Grasty, John S; McPheeters, S. B. (Samuel Brown), 1819-1870 Publication date: 1871.; McPheeters, S. B. (Samuel Brown), 1819-1870, Clergy -- United States Biography; Publisher: St Louis, Southwestern book and publishing company ; Louisville, Davidson brother & co.; Collection: Americana; Digitizing sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Contributor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Language: English; https://archive.org/details/memoirofrevsamue00grast/page/12




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